Ibanez BTB1406E Premium

I don't normally do threads like these, but I just saw the Ibanez BTB1406E Premium and was wondering if yall had seen it too. What's crazy is I found it on American Musical Supply; it's not even on the Ibanez website yet (as of 2:07p Eastern)

I loved the SR1206 Premium I played, but I've always wanted to replace my old BTB. This may just be the monster to do it....

Every time I say I'm just gonna keep saving for a Brubaker, something like this comes along...tell me, does it ever stop?

That is a nice looking bass..... Not knocking on Ibanez so please understand this.....The bass is listed for $1,599.99 and all you get is a gig bag with it? For that kind of money I would expect a HSC to come with it!

My daughter has an Ibanez BTB 300(? I think) and it came with nothing...Then again its the low budget BTB model so that is to be expected.

That is a nice looking bass..... Not knocking on Ibanez so please understand this.....The bass is listed for $1,599.99 and all you get is a gig bag with it? For that kind of money I would expect a HSC to come with it!

My daughter has an Ibanez BTB 300(? I think) and it came with nothing...Then again its the low budget BTB model so that is to be expected.

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Warwicks come with gigbags....and they're in the same price range (if not higher)

That is a nice looking bass..... Not knocking on Ibanez so please understand this.....The bass is listed for $1,599.99 and all you get is a gig bag with it? For that kind of money I would expect a HSC to come with it!

My daughter has an Ibanez BTB 300(? I think) and it came with nothing...Then again its the low budget BTB model so that is to be expected.

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Yeah, just to echo everyone else, even some custom luthiers only provide a gigbag. Maybe they figure if you're spending that much on a bass, you already have one (???). I can't wait to try one out though. It's strange to me Ibanez hasn't put up any info on their website. Perhaps this is from NAMM....

I bought this topic up once in this board. The response was essentially, that the cost would need to be included either way, either charging separately or adding to the instrument price to cover the cost of the gigbag / case.

As far as the gig bag thing goes, I can't imagine it's that much of a cost for a company, especially if it's just a padded gigbag....they're like $40-60, up to over $100 for iGigs and Mono Cases (if I ever see one those offered with a bass I'll know the apocalypse is coming!). I believe Warwick provides a full ATA flight case with their custom shop models. Those cases look like they would be easily $300...